You may notice over time on GameFromScratch.com the way code is posted changes quite often.  There are a few reasons for this.  First and foremost, I most commonly use Live Writer when writing blog posts on Windows.  Originally I used a plugin that did code formatting like you see in the C++ tutorial series.  […]

Today Oculus announced they have acquired RakNet and immediately released it under a modified BSD open source license.  The code is already available on their Github repository.  If you’ve never heard of it, RakNet is a low level C++ networking engine providing features like object replication, voice chat and patching.  A number of engines such as […]

  Back in Part 3  of this SpriteKit/Swift tutorial series we looked at loading game sprites using a texture atlas and implemented a simple animation system.  At the time I said this wasn’t the way you perform animation and that I would cover the proper way later.  Then in Part 4 we covered SpriteKit actions showing how […]

  Now that we’ve tackled the basics of graphics, let’s take a look at making our game “do” something.  This is often the job of SKActions, so let’s jump right in with a simple example.  Just like in the last example I am going to use the basic project structure we established back in the very […]

  In the previous tutorial part we looked at working with a single Sprite.  Reality is, very few games are composed of singular sprites.  UI’s are made up of a number of different sprites, animations are composed of several different frames, each composed of a single image.  Loading hundreds of individual textures is not good for […]

  Since LibGDX 1.1, there has been a massively improved way of creating a LibGDX project.  This document looks at how you get up and started using the setup application.   First thing you have to do is download it.  Head on over to the LibGDX download page and download Setup App.     Now […]

  Thanks to a tip from a reader David I have become aware of the release for PlayStation Mobile and it’s completely free.  Here’s the details from the Unity Blog post.   Following hot on the heels of the PlayStation®Mobile (PSM) public preview, we’re proud to announce the full official release of the Unity for […]

  Title kinda says it all, LibGDX 1.2 was released today.  The update includes:   OpenGL profiling utilities have been added, see https://github.com/libgdx/libgdx/wiki/Profiling A FreeTypeFontGeneratorLoader has been added to the gdx-freetype extension, allowing you to load TTF fonts via AssetManager Added Vector#setZero Added gdx-ai, extension for AI algorithms. Currently supports FSMs, seehttps://github.com/libgdx/libgdx/wiki/Artificial-Intelligence Added equals/hashCode methods […]

This press release crossed my virtual desk today: Autodesk Announces Maya LT 2015 Extension 1Today Autodesk announced the first extension release for Maya LT 2015. The update enhances the animation experience for professional indie game makers by allowing artists to create more elaborate characters and environmental objects. The animation export tool gives artists a completely […]

  In this part we are going to look at how to add animations to a TileMap in LibGDX.  Along the way we are going to look at using Properties a very important part of using Tile maps, as properties contain your games “data”.  First let’s take a look at setting properties in Tiled.  I […]